Senior Software Engineer

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Your role as a Full Stack Engineer is important in the future of our product development. You'll be able to shape the way we design, build, test and deploy using cutting edge technology.

On a day to day basis, this will mean being part of an engineering team who will:

Launch new financial products

Launch new digital marketing initiatives - promotions

Extend the functionality of our existing web and mobile applications to attract and retain customers

Integrate 3rd party APIs to our products and services

Secure, update and maintain multiple content repositories

Build responsive web pages using frameworks/tools such as Bootstrap, Flow and React

As a Full Stack Engineer, your role will be part of a cross-disciplinary feature team in addition to being a highly experienced member of our wider Scottish Widows Engineering team. As part of these teams, you will be expected to demonstrate and apply exemplary software engineering practices and skills, whilst working in a collaborative and agile environment.

What you'll do:

Write modular, well tested front-end applications that remain easy to maintain as the codebase and business continues to scale

Contribute to setting the strategic direction for how front-end applications are developed within the team

Ensure software is built in a way that is consistent with the frameworks, patterns and practices that exist across the wider engineering community

Understand and apply industry best practices, foster knowledge sharing to provide solutions for complex business problems where no precedent may exist, and ensure implementation of solutions where appropriate

Mentor and develop junior front-end engineers, providing clear and constructive feedback, whilst creating opportunities for learning and growth

Create focus on delivering business value through industry standard engineering methods and principles

Ensure front-end applications are fast, secure and work across all manner of devices and viewports

About you:

Understanding of the entire application stack, deep and broad knowledge, and significant exposure to modern web technologies, especially; Node.js, HTML5, CSS3 and REACT.js

Have a strong understanding of source code repositories and change management tools (Git, JIRA)

Previous experience in an enterprise environment with automated build/test/release processes, source code management (Git) and change-management (JIRA)

Strong knowledge of the entire software development life-cycle from design, build to production

Excellent team working and communication skills

Experience in building high-performing and secure front-end code

Previous experience with large-scale development projects

Join us:

If this is you, we'd love to hear from you. Join us and be part of an inclusive, values-led culture focused on making a difference.

Whatever your aspiration, you can also expect excellent benefits (see below), personal development and a career that's enriching and full of opportunity.

Benefits (in addition to base salary):

Car or car allowance of up to £4,080 per year

Discretionary bonus between 15-30% of base pay

Cash sum of 4% which you can exchange for a variety of benefits or simply take the cash

Private Medical Insurance

Pension, where we will contribute up to a max of 13%

Share plans

30 days holiday